Here is a message on behalf of the Taoiseach (Clan Chieftain), Joanie Koechig.
The Clan Association is looking for a Clan Member to take on the role of Editor for the Clan Newsletter.
Catlyn O’Day Preston is the current Editor and has been doing a great job many years now. She feels as though it’s time for someone else to take on this role.
This is a voluntary position which is supported by a team of 6 other volunteers including an Assistant Editor, 2 Proof-readers, and 3 members who handle the newsletter distribution by post and email in different parts of the world.
This is an excellent way to become more involved in Clan activities and contribute to the Clan’s vitality.
If you are interested in taking on this role, or if you need more information, please contact Joanie:
The Clan Association is looking for a Clan Member to take on the role of Editor for the Clan Newsletter.
This is a voluntary position which is supported by a team of 6 other volunteers including an Assistant Editor, 2 Proof-readers, and 3 members who handle the newsletter distribution by post and email in different parts of the world.
This is an excellent way to become more involved in Clan activities and contribute to the Clan’s vitality.
If you are interested in taking on this role, or if you need more information, please contact Joanie:
This reminder is being sent on behalf of the organisers of the 1st O’Dea Clan Reunion in New Zealand.
Registrations are open and the closing date for early-bird registration is 29 February 2020.
Points to note:
The 2020 Clan Reunion runs for 3 days from Friday 20 March 2020 to Sunday 22 March 2020.
You can register for any or all of these 3 days.
You can view/download the programme of activities for the 3 days.
You can view information about accommodation at the Plymouth International Hotel. (You will need to make your own arrangements for travel and accommodation.)
You can register and pay online, or you can download a registration form and pay by Cheque/Check in $NZD, or you can download a registration form and pay by Direct Deposit into the Clan’s NZ bank account.
at the Irish Club, 13-15 Carrington Street, Adelaide
Launch by Irish Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Breandán Ó Caollaí
Its capital is named after German-born Queen Adelaide, its main street after her English husband, King William IV, so it is not surprising that little is known about South Australia’s Irish background. However, the first European to discover Adelaide’s River Torrens in 1836 was Cork-born George Kingston who was deputy surveyor to Colonel Light; the river was named in turn for Derry man Colonel Torrens, Chairman of the South Australian Colonization Commission. Adelaide’s first judge and first police commissioner were immigrants from Kerry and Limerick.
These are just some of the intriguing facts in Irish South Australia: new histories and insights that charts Irish settlement from as far north as Pekina to the south-east and Mount Gambier. It follows the diverse fortunes of the Irish-born elite such as George Kingston and Charles Harvey Bagot, as well as doctors, farmers, lawyers, orphans, parliamentarians, pastoralists and publicans who made South Australia their home, with various shades of political and religious beliefs: Anglicans, Catholics, Dissenters, Federationalists, Freemasons, Home Rulers, nationalists, and Orangemen. There is something here for all readers from the casual browser to the family historian.
Formal proceedings will start at 6pm. There will be a cash bar from 5.30pm along with nibbles and wine tasting from Coriole wines. All welcome, but please RSVP for catering purposes.
The book’s editors are twentieth-century Irish immigrants from Dublin (Dymphna Lonergan), Portadown, (Fidelma McCorry-Breen), Trim (Susan Arthure), and by descent from eight Irish-born great grandparents (Stephanie James).